Engaging the Hispanic Learner

In this book, Dr. Wages helps education take an enormous step forward in addressing this increasingly complex issue. The research she cites is almost shockingly compelling. After reading this book there should be no doubt in anyone’s mind that the issue is real, the issue is important, and that successfully dealing with it—soon—is critical.

Michele Wages is an instructional coordinator for one of the largest school districts in Texas. She has also served as an assistant professor teaching emergent and developing literacy and diagnosis and remediation of reading at elementary level to elementary education majors.

TABLE OF CONTENTS Glossary of TermsP. 4 PrefaceP. 5 BackgroundP. 8 About The AuthorP. 19 Strategy 1: Culturally Responsive TeachingP. 20 Strategy 2: Generally Effective Teaching StrategiesP. 27 Strategy 3: Cooperative LearningP. 40 Strategy 4:Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI)P. 46 Strategy 5:Creating Instructional ConversationsP. 51 Strategy 6: Technology Enriched InstructionP. 58 Strategy 7:Creating a Sense of Classroom CommunityP. 65 Strategy 8:The Need for Follow up and Professional DevelopmentP. 71 Strategy 9:Complex InstructionP. 77 Strategy 10: Emphasizing CitizenshipP. 84 ConclusionP. ReferencesP. 90